The Hanford weather service office is closed for 5.5 hours every night due to critically low staffing levels. The Sacramento and Hanford offices collectively serve more than 7.3M Californians in the Central Valley and some of the state's most wildfire-prone landscape in the Sierra foothills. #CAwx

I was wondering who’s responsible for the ongoing demolition of NSF. Aside from Chief Management Officer Cheatham, whose resignation the staff union seeks, it appears to be 3 DOGE agents: Farritor (23), Terrell (25), and Riley (33). None appear to have any familiarity with scientific research.

'I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos (...) this would normally result in a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was revoked & I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, where I have spent the past 3 months with roughly 100 other women. We share one room w dormitory-style beds'

Disgusting.

Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

At the Cato Institute today, Secretary McMahon suggested that required Dept of Ed data collections could be transferred to NSF, where Trump admin is gutting its ed unit, as rightly noted below. But McMahon may also be referencing transfer to NCSES too (Nat'l Center for Science & Engineering Stats).

Senator Alsobrooks: You’ve been unable to address specific questions about your agency. Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep program operates out of? RFK Jr.: Guesses wrong 5 times Alsobrooks: It is the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...

In case you needed that final straw to get offline and foster real, physical community, how about a budget reconciliation bill that (inexplicably) includes language completely deregulating AI and "automated decision systems" for ten years. Do you want Skynet? Because this is how you get Skynet.

And why the administrative shakeup with the NSF division directors matters for the approval of new funds: "The process for reviewing and approving future research grants was thrown into chaos with the elimination of division directors who were stripped of their powers."

Appreciate the vital and helpful context in this NSF update from @jillbarshay.bsky.social! "Several congressionally mandated programs are housed within the eliminated equity division, including Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) and the Eddie Bernice Johnson initiative."

If anyone knows what is actually going on at LOC/Copyright, I would like to talk with you. Please reach out via Signal — crg.32 — via a nonwork phone.

I know NIH is ~5x bigger than NSF but I think the gutting of NSF is getting a lot less than 1/5 the attention— in the news media and in higher ed— compared with what's happened to NIH.

Yes! Exactly what’s needed to #SaveNSF include letters like these that use stories of **local** impact to call on specific reps in Congress.

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

Everybody I know at a research university works at a department that lost federal or state money in the last 5 months. The destruction of higher education is occurring at a scale and speed that nobody could imagine

My graduate research was funded by the National Science Foundation. The research that sealed my tenure case was majority funded by NSF. Five of my graduate students have been funded by NSF. My current sabbatical is #NSFfunded. In short, #withoutNSF, I would not be the scientist I am today. #saveNSF

Scientists, tell your story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, to publish on June 16! #McClintockLetters #saveNSF We have to move the needle on public opinion. Fight this attack by sharing how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters

#WithoutNSF my research on plant adaptation won’t receive the critical funding it needs to continue studying weediness, herbicide resistance, and other plant traits that improve agriculture. #SupportNSF #SaveNSF

This is one of the absolute best resources out there for science teachers to use to help students visualize and understand scientific processes. It was a godsend during the pandemic when in-person labs were not possible. And it's free for all to use. So disappointing. 🧪🎢 ⚛️ 🥽 🍎 #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

Without the National Science Foundation, I'd be nothing. NSF funded my PhD (GRF, DDIG) on bird origins and later my work on dinosaur extinction & rise of mammals. Now it's being dismantled for pure political reasons. Our country culture & economy will all suffer. Disgraceful! #WithoutNSF #SaveNSF

(11/11) Want to help save science? Here’s how to get started: 1. Call your reps: 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns... 2. Join the fight: savensf.com/join-our-list 3. Take action: savensf.com/take-action 4. Spread the word. Science needs you. #SaveNSF #StandUpForScience #WithoutNSF

🧪 Ranking member Lofgren and 11 other House dems sent a fiery 7-page letter to acting NSF director today "The cancelation of these awards suggests instead that NSF is willing to apply political censorship of awards under direction from President Trump and the DOGE teenagers" Share widely #SaveNSF

This article makes a good case that every dollar spent on Federal research & development generates between $5-12 in return. In the graph below, the lower line is economic benefit alone, while the upper includes health and other benefits. So why the rush to drastically cut R&D?

While going about your Saturday routine, please take a minute to stop and think about this. #Altgov exists because regular employees of the federal government must FIGHT this administration to simply be allowed to do the work we were hired and funded to do for the American people. THIS IS INSANE.

Marc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.

Here is a letter that we (2 former NSF GRFP program officers) sent to the National Science Board Fri 5/9. The NSB is the Exec Branch's lawful governing board for NSF (as opposed to DOGE).

Hi. I'm Amy. Today's NSF's 75th anniversary, so I made a video: youtu.be/xnt2V4ygBG0 #ScienceMatters #NSFExcellence #AmericanInnovation #NSF #FederalScience #SciencePolicy #NSFRotator #PublicService #WeAreNSF #SaveNSF #NSF75 #Scienceat75 #ISupportNSF #FundNSF

1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation" Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company

Here's the chart with the off-the-charts rise in atmospheric CO2 - NOAA officials had a news story ready, but were blocked from publishing. gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/...

I see the already historically unpopular president is exploring how to get the military invovled in “assisting” local law enforcement just a few weeks before the real shortages caused by his inept economic policy start hitting. Probably nothing to worry about.

This stuff has to be blown up much bigger than it has been. You want a kitchen table issue? Cancer is a kitchen table issue.

Fellow Dems, This. Anyone who isn’t fighting for us right now, against actual Nazis, is never going to Every sector of America’s economy is undermined, and the rule of law that makes our economy reliable is also being dismantled. All of us face economic ruin, arbitrary punishment, and worse

"I want parents who have children to know that opportunities for your kids, if they aspire to be scientists or engineers, are being stripped away right in front of you," the NSF employee told Axios. www.axios.com/2025/03/10/a...

My last NSF grant is going to land me in jail.

When NSF cancelled its panels at the last moment, some folks took a financial hit on their housing reservations and NSF doesn't have any way to pay these folks back. So here's a fundraiser that I'm running to collect a bit of cash to help out a few of these junior colleagues in need.

The facts are just so disheartening.

If you think the US is getting to Mars anytime soon without NASA, the NSF, research universities, and a functioning FAA, you are not being serious. I'm not arguing with y'all on this. The European Space Agency is now closer to Mars than the US is (2040). And they might get there with our scientists

If the government can do this to universities, we don't live in a free society. Five alarm fire.

Here’s a cheat sheet with all the phone numbers for the US Senate. I have a feeling we’ll be calling them a lot in the near future.

Don’t forget that the penultimate paragraph of the letter references NSF’s rich history, yet as of last Friday they have no history office or historian anymore and are trying to keep that quiet.

New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden. This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.

Judge Chuang is mulling whether to grant a preliminary injunction in a suit alleging that DOGE violates the Appointments Clause. He asked the government to file documents that reflect who authorized certain actions related to the dismantling of USAID. Some of the responses are..interesting. 1/

Matt’s great post on the NSF-funded shows of the 80s and 90s. As NSF’s senior historian I tried to do a project on this. These were the first science shows for children built on rigorous academic research. They’re the reason I decided to become a scientist. I wasn’t allowed to do this project.

New Organizational Chart for the U.S. Department of Education shows the scale of the "reduction in force" yesterday. The link below leads to a PDF. www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...

4/4 Therefore, they demanded agency heads to: 1. Immediately share the plans for firing staff with Congress by end of tomorrow. 2. Brief the science committee within a week of potential impact on agency mission. Something to watch very closely 👀

3/4 These members of Congress therefore reminded science agency heads (e.g., NSF director) of their duty to uphold the law, even while Trump & Vought are asking them to break it.

Dear US colleagues, In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France. There are several M$ in the budget. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

Again, while the NYT frets about how <complicated> Trump is, it's useful just to state things in plain language: 1. Trump & fake federal employees are dismantling pieces of the government in direct violation of the constitution & laws passed by Congress 2. Congress is doing nothing to stop it